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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: To provide Transitional Employment Services to 120 young adults, ages 18 to 30, for the Newark Hot Spot Initiative ("Hotspot")
Entity Name: Greater Newark Conservancy
Entity Address: 32 Prince Street, Newark, New Jersey 07103
Grant Amount: Not to Exceed $216,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice
Contract Period: January 15, 2013 through December 31, 2015
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (If applicable)
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Additional Information:
Resolution #7R3-a(s) 061212, Application and acceptance of grant funds and approval of $ 450,999.00 in City funds for Police Officers Health Benefits
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ("USDOJ") made funds available through its Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program ("CBVPD"), which encouraged cities to develop community-based strategies to reduce crime, violence and recidivism; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 2011, the Newark Police Department ("NPD") in partnership with the Office of Reentry, an initiative of the Department of Economic and Housing Development ("DEHD"), submitted an application to the USDOJ for CBVPD Program grant funds in the amount of $ 2,196,085.00 for the Newark Hotspot Initiative ("Hotspot"); and
WHEREAS, on August 31, 2011, USDOJ awarded the City a $2,196,085.00 grant and has approved a budget that includes expenditures of $216,000.00 for Transitional Employment Services for 120 "at-risk" young adults, a...
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